Austin, August 12: CrowdStrike, the American cybersecurity company responsible for the Microsoft outage, has reportedly picked up an award for “biggest failure” at the Pwnie Awards. The global IT outage was caused by an update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon Sensor. It caused global disruptions in the Windows operating system and triggered a “blue screen of death” (BSOD) error on several computers, wiping the system’s data.
The Microsoft outage caused by the CrowdStrike update also led to financial losses for the company on the stock market and falling share prices. A US-based cybersecurity company admitted the bug in the update that caused the global IT meltdown. Microsoft is discontinuing the Paint 3D application because it had difficulty building a user base. Support for the app will end on November 4. Check for more details.
CrowdStrike President Michael Sentonas accepts the award for “Most Epic Fail” at the Pwnie Awards
CrowdStrike accepts the @PwnieAwards for the “biggest fail” at @defcon. Great performance. pic.twitter.com/e7IgYosHAE
— Dominic White 👾 (@singe) 10 August 2024
At the Pwnie Awards, which recognize companies with outstanding and incompetent performance in the information technology field, CrowdStrike picked up an award for “biggest failure.” The Pwnie Awards were presented during the 2024 Def Con event.
CrowsStrikes President Michael Sentonas accepts this award by walking on stage and making a Acceptance speech. Sentonas said, “This went terribly wrong,” referring to Microsoft’s global outage caused by an update to the company’s cybersecurity software, but he also promised to ensure that such problems would not happen again.
The president of CrowsStrike also said that he will take the trophy for the “biggest failure” to headquarters for everyone to see, so that such mistakes are reduced. Michael Sentonas reiterated that the company’s goal is to protect people and said that the company made a mistake. He added that such things happen to companies and lessons can be learned from such mistakes. Rohan Verma, CEO of MapmyIndia, calls Ola Maps a “gimmick” and questions the maps’ navigation capabilities. An Ola spokesperson fired back, calling the statement “baseless.”
The global IT outage caused by CrowdStrike affected several people and industries, resulting in financial losses and a temporary disruption to their services. Industries affected by the Microsoft Windows crash included airlines as flight operations were severely impacted, the banking sector, retail, and many IT companies worldwide.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on August 12, 2024 10:17 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com.)
